Thomson Spot Welder Co. v. Ford Motor Co.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
In Equity. Suit by the Thomson Spot Welder Company against the Ford Motor Company.
1Opinion of the Court
KILLITS, District Judge.
[1] This is an action for infringement of United States patent No. 1,046,066, allowed December 3, 1912, to the plaintiff’s predecessor in title, as assignee, upon an application filed December 3, 1903, by Johann Harmatta. The patent is one for improvements in electric welding, and has 16 claims for process and 5 for product. The specific character of welding involved is that known as spot welding. The complaint alleges that all claims are infringed. Counsel for plaintiff treat and build their argument upon three claims as typical, namely:
“3. The herein described method…
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